he’s unmarried (though has 3 kids, I don’t know his involvement)
He is divorced, and one of his sons currently lives with him (also left Mormonism), at least for this year and maybe indefinitely. The rest of the family is still into Mormonism, and his wife tried to sue him for millions, and she lost (false accusations). It is unclear if he interacts much with the other children.
Evidence his system can motivate and provide superior results to other diet-and-exercise regimens on the basis of his own personal results is, of course, massively confounded.
He encourages people to measure things for themselves and not follow recommendations blindly. When he does give recommendations for things like sleep, he mostly suggests things that are basically free. The only expensive thing is the Whoop sleep tracker, which he considers important for figuring out what works for each individual.
I don’t like the way he treated his girlfriend, but that doesn’t address whether his health advice is good. It did make me want independent verification of his claims about what he’s selling.
Tracing Woodgrains’ tweet reveals Johnson to be brutal and profoundly manipulative. Why think he only acts that way toward his wife, not his customers? Why be curious about the health advice offered by a person like that?
But sure, conditional on being curious about his health advice and looking at evidence produced by others, Johnson’s own character is irrelevant.
Maybe, I haven’t compared the prices (I think he says it’s similar to the quality you would get from whole foods at a grocery store), but he gives all of the recipes for free if people want to do them at home.
I believe that he says there is a special quality to the olive oil he chose and that the average bottle of olive oil does not provide the claimed ideal benefits of olive oil for some reason. I’m not sure how true this is and how much he is marking up the price, even if it is true.
He is divorced, and one of his sons currently lives with him (also left Mormonism), at least for this year and maybe indefinitely. The rest of the family is still into Mormonism, and his wife tried to sue him for millions, and she lost (false accusations). It is unclear if he interacts much with the other children.
He encourages people to measure things for themselves and not follow recommendations blindly. When he does give recommendations for things like sleep, he mostly suggests things that are basically free. The only expensive thing is the Whoop sleep tracker, which he considers important for figuring out what works for each individual.
In case you’re interested in following this up, Tracing Woodgrains on the accusations: https://x.com/tracewoodgrains/status/1743775518418198532
I don’t like the way he treated his girlfriend, but that doesn’t address whether his health advice is good. It did make me want independent verification of his claims about what he’s selling.
Tracing Woodgrains’ tweet reveals Johnson to be brutal and profoundly manipulative. Why think he only acts that way toward his wife, not his customers? Why be curious about the health advice offered by a person like that?
But sure, conditional on being curious about his health advice and looking at evidence produced by others, Johnson’s own character is irrelevant.
The food he sells is fairly expensive.
Maybe, I haven’t compared the prices (I think he says it’s similar to the quality you would get from whole foods at a grocery store), but he gives all of the recipes for free if people want to do them at home.
The olive oil is $35 per 750 ml bottle. It’s a little hard to find the quantity.
An ordinary olive oil might cost $12/litre or about a quarter as much. So, not outrageous, but still expensive.
I believe that he says there is a special quality to the olive oil he chose and that the average bottle of olive oil does not provide the claimed ideal benefits of olive oil for some reason. I’m not sure how true this is and how much he is marking up the price, even if it is true.
Do you know whether he gets any affiliate commissions from Whoop?